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		<div class="heading"><a href="../help.html">Help</a> &gt; 8. Chat</div>
		<div class="content">This section gives you an overview the group chat module and its capabilities.</div>
		
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			<div class="heading">8.1. Activating chat:</div>
			Group managers should notice that before any of their group members can use the chat room of a group, that the manager will have to log into the chat room using their Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) user name and password, in order to activate the chat room.
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			Chat rooms have to be activated in this way in order to comply with the AFCS security model.
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			<div class="heading">8.2. Audio/video chat:</div>
			The chat room of a group is a rich real time communication platform. On the left hand side of the screen you can see a list of all the group members who are currently signed into the chat room. Any messages you type in the chat area at the bottom of the screen will be sent to these users in real time, thus no waiting hours or days for group members to respond to your questions, but instead minutes.
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			The main part of the screen is used for real time audio and video chat. If your computer has a web camera installed the you can talk to other group members using your web camera. The audio component of the chat works on a push to talk basis in order to save internet bandwidth. Thus in order to say something in the chat room, click the start talking button then speak into you microphone. Push the start talking button again to stop.
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			<div class="heading">8.3. Shared whiteboard:</div>
			When clicking the open whiteboard link, the shared whiteboard component will load. Using this tool you can draw images for others to view. Any image you draw will be available for others to see and edit immediately.
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